You've just discovered a new webcomic. Maybe a friend told you, maybe you were pointed to it by another site. Heck, maybe it was This Very Wiki or the other one.
Like any new reader, you read the strip on the main page. It looks good; the art passes muster, the writing's okay... Sure, you'll read this comic. So you hit the "First Strip" button.
And then you see the date. This strip started six [...] [tvtropes.org]